﻿Bacon Peanut Butter Cups

Yes, you read that right, Bacon Peanut Butter Cups. Awesome, wonderful, crispy, salty bacon is indeed hiding inside each and every one of these waiting to be devoured. Judge me, but you know you want one.

I saw these little babies last week on Blog is the New Black and ran to my refrigerator to make sure I was stocked in bacon. I had to make them as soon as possible (Yes, I’m American and I will add bacon to anything and I do solidly believe it makes it better). Normally, if I like a recipe it gets put in a file for me to try soon, or at some point. I tend to try to keep thing in some sort of order not letting any recipe bump any other off the schedule. Not this time. All plans went out the window and bacon peanut butter cups were recreated in my kitchen.

Melt about 1 cup of your chocolate chips with 1 Tbsp of butter. Add about a half of a Tbsp of shortening if using. Stir until smooth. Once your chocolate is melted, use about one spoon full in each cup. Use the back of the spoon to fully coat the entire edge of the cup. Once you have filled your cups, place them in the refrigerator to set up.

Top cups with remaining chocolate. Sprinkle with sea salt and place in refrigerator to set.

Make sure your bacon is crispy. It’s going to be mixed in with other soft ingredients so don’t let it get lost. If you think you have too much bacon, probably not. People expect bacon immediately when they bite into something called “bacon peanut butter cup” so don’t go soft on them. And personally, the darker the chocolate the better. Now, run to your fridge (if you even got this far) bake and destroy!

Wait, what?! Chocolate ok. Peanut butter? Sure. BACON?! I am in shock, but truly in awe. That is very brave. They look really good, and I wish I had been there to take a taste. You have sparked my curiousity.

Oh I can only imagine how good these are. I’ve never had the 3 together but I totally take your word for it that these are GOOD. I would love to have some of these right this minute. Notice I didn’t say one I said some hahaha. I better get to it!

that combination sounds amazing…..I would be your friend forever for a plateful of those tasty treats! I love peanut butter cups and I have had chocolate covered bacon…wow…
adding peanut butter to the mix just takes it to a whole new level!!
Thanks for making me hungry!
Dennis

[…] Pass the Sushi was my source for this endeavor, and I made a few changes based on what I had in my pantry. As per Jordan’s preference (and mine, too, for that matter) I opted to use dark chocolate chips for the shell. Kita, author of Pass the Sushi, had some great tips regarding the bacon part of the recipe: […]